Monday, March 3, 2014

Welcome
to Leg 2! Last time, on Why Do Even
Number Get to Have All the Fun?, teams raced from Los Angeles to Guangzhou
China.We find out the winning team of
the leg gets two Express Passes, one to use and one to give away.We also find out that Bopper was too ill to
race, so Mallory has stepped in in his place.But the Cowboys get off to a rousing start, and get the two Express
Passes, and the Twinnies manage to fight themselves out of the race.Who will be eliminated. . . next? (click for more)

Arrival at the pit stop
last episode:

1st – Jet/Cord, The
Cowboys

2nd – Brendon/Rachel,
Team Brenchel

3rd – Dave/Connor, Team
LIVESTRONG

4th – Margie/Luke, Team
ASL Rainbow

5th – Leo/Jamal, The
Afghanimals

6th – Mark/Mallory,
Franken-Team Kentucky

7th – Flight Time/Big
Easy, The Globetrotters

8th – Caroline/Jennifer,
The Country Singers

9th – Joey/Meghan, The
YouTubers

10th – Jessica/John,
Cocky YDC

Guangzhou Opera House,
Guangzhou, China

8:16 AM Jet/Cord (1st)

Clue: Make your way to the Chen Clan Academy.Stand in front of the master to get your next
clue.

(Toyouke:
“I hate that we're not even going to pretend that the pit stop is 12 hours
anymore.”)And somehow, this prompts Jet
and Cord to begin running toward the Academy, even though it is fifty minutes
ON FOOT.Oh language barriers.

8:23 AM Brendon/Rachel
(2nd) –
(Toyouke: “Why does Rachel have a tiny backpack and not a normal one like
everyone else? I hate her.”)

8:46 AM Dave/Connor
(4th) –
which explains why we never saw what number Phil signed to ASL Rainbow last
week.

8:53 AM Leo/Jamal (5th)

8:56 AM Mark/Mallory
(6th)

8:57 AM Flight Time/Big
Easy (7th)

9:09 AM Joey/Meghan
(8th)

9:13 AM Jessica/John
(9th)

9:19 AM
Caroline/Jennifer (10th) – who have inexplicably dropped to last place.

So
teams then get in a taxi or find the train to make their way to Chen Clan
Academy.Or if you’re the Cowboys, by
foot.Anyway, teams arrive clue in the
following order:

1- Brendon/Rachel

2- Dave/Connor

3- Margie/Luke

4- Leo/Jamal

5- Mark/Mallory

6- Flight Time/Big Easy

7- Joey/Meghan

8- Jessica/John

9- Caroline/Jennifer

10- Jet/Cord

Teams
now, one at a time, watch the Tai Chi performance and get the clue from the
master when he stamps it on their forehead.Teams get the clue in the following order:

1- Brendon/Rachel

2- Dave/Connor

3- Margie/Luke

4- Leo/Jamal

5- Mark/Mallory

6- Flight Time/Big Easy

7- Joey/Meghan

8- Jessica/John

9- Caroline/Jennifer

10- Jet/Cord

Teams
are then charged to figure out that the clue on their forehead is sending them
to Edaytown Mall and find the Children’s Play Park to get their next clue.Teams arrive and get their clue in the
following order:

1- Dave/Connor

2- Margie/Luke

3- Leo/Jamal

4- Brendon/Rachel

5- Mark/Mallory

6- Flight Time/Big Easy

7- Joey/Meghan

8- Jessica/John

9- Jet/Cord

10- Caroline/Jennifer

And
once they arrive, teams get the second roadblock clue.

ROADBLOCK:

Who's the mechanic?

In this roadblock,
roadblockers must put together a children’s car completely using instructions
in Chinese.Once completed correctly,
the toy soldier will give them their next clue.

The
following teammates take the Roadblock:

1- Dave

2- Margie

3- Jamal

4- Brendon

5- Mark

6- Flight Time

7- Meghan

8- John

9- Jet

10- Caroline

(Toyouke:
“How come our malls don't have kick-ass play parks like this?”)During the challenge, Jennifer tries to work
her magic on Cord to get the second Express Pass, because she’s convinced that
he will give to her.(Toyouke: “Oh yes.
Let me give you, the ONE TEAM that is behind me, an Express Pass. So you can
leave me in last place. That's a great idea.I don't blame her for trying though.”)Wisely, he waits until Jet is done with the Roadblock to make the
decision, and they give them the Express Pass, which they immediately use to
bypass the Roadblock.

After
much car building, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Mark/Mallory

2- Margie/Luke

3- Dave/Connor

4- Leo/Jamal

5- Brendon/Rachel

6- Jet/Cord

7- Caroline/Jennifer – who use the Express
Pass to bypass the challenge.

8- Flight Time/Big Easy

9- Joey/Meghan

10- Jessica/John

Teams
are now instructed to take a taxi to Guangzhou Children’s Cultural Center and
deliver the cars.Teams arrive in the
following order:

1- Mark/Mallory – who realize that
Mallory has left Mark’s bag at Edaytown.He decides he wants his stuff and they go back before heading to the
next clue.(Toyouke: “Hmm. So this is an
interesting dilemma. They have all his paperwork, and medications. So what is
actually missing, just clothes? I guess the conflict is that he wants his stuff
and she doesn't care about stuff.”)

2- Margie/Luke

3- Dave/Connor

4- Brendon/Rachel

5- Caroline/Jennifer

6- Jet/Cord

7- Leo/Jamal

8- Flight Time/Big Easy

9- Joey/Meghan

10- Jessica/John

And
we get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:

Feather Ball OR China
Cup

*Feather Ball: Teams
must travel to Liwanhu Park and participate in a hackey sack style game by
making 10 successful passes of the shuttlecock to get their next clue.Be sure to use teams with a red and yellow
shuttlecock.

*China Cup: Teams
participate in the traditional Chinese therapy of fire cupping to get their
next clue.

1- Margie/Luke choose
Feather Ball

2- Dave/Connor choose
Feather Ball

3- Brendon/Rachel choose
Feather Ball

4- Caroline/Jennifer
choose Feather Ball

5- Jet/Cord choose
Feather Ball

6- Leo/Jamal choose
Feather Ball

7- Flight Time/Big Easy
choose Feather Ball

8- Mark/Mallory choose
Feather Ball

9- Joey/Meghan choose
Feather Ball

10- Jessica/John choose
Feather Ball

Teams
complete the detour in the following order:

1- Dave/Connor

2- Caroline/Jennifer

3- Margie/Luke

4- Jet/Cord

5- Brendon/Rachel

6- Flight Time/Big Easy

7- Leo/Jamal

8- Joey/Meghan

9- Jessica/John

10- Mark/Mallory

Teams
find now that they must travel to Shamian Island Promenade, the PIT STOP of the
second leg of this racearoundtheworld.(Toyouke: “Oh look, China has creepy bronze statues of kids just like
the kind you can buy at Gringo Jones!”)The last team to arrive WILL be eliminated!

This
turns into a foot race between the first seven teams, in one of the fastest
finishes at a pit stop ever.

1- Brendon/Rachel – in their first ever
first place finish on the race, win $2500 each.

2- Margie/Luke

3- Caroline/Jennifer

4- Dave/Connor – who Phil tries to
check in as team five, but they quickly correct him.As do the on screen chyrons.

5- Flight Time/ Big Easy

6- Jet/Cord

7- Leo/Jamal

8- Jessica/John

9- Joey/Meghan

10- Mark/Mallory

And Team Kentucky is out.The whole cast came back out to the mat to applaud Mark and Mallory for
racing under such complicated conditions.

ORDER NOW:

1st – Brendon/Rachel

2nd – Margie/Luke

3rd – Caroline/Jennifer

4th – Dave/Connor

5th – Flight Time/Big
Easy

6th – Jet/Cord

7th – Leo/Jamal

8th – Jessica/John

9th – Joey/Meghan

Next
week: Off to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia!There are waterfalls, dancing, and canoeing.Can Rachel go another leg without
crying?Until next time!

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